Opinion
Defunding Planned Parenthood would be a blow to immigrants
I have been a board member of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Oregon for five months. I take the work I do personally because my parents are immigrants to this country. I am also a community health worker and health equity advocate at a rural social services agency, and we have many migrant farmworkers who provide…
Don’t take away my health care: Stand with Planned Parenthood
As we begin the new year, some politicians are itching to restrict access to our reproductive health care. Members of Congress have pledged to introduce legislation defunding Planned Parenthood and basic health care as their top priority. Let’s be clear: Attacking Planned Parenthood will have a devastating effect in Oregon, especially among people of color…
A toolkit for pushing back against ageism
The oldest baby boomers turned 71 in 2016. Since boomers have a reputation for being involved with social movements, it’s not at all surprising, as they hit retirement age, that they’ve rediscovered a form of oppression, ageism, that was first named when they were in their 20s. What’s surprising, actually, is that it’s taken this…
Director’s Desk: Oregon lawmakers – step up to plate on housing
Trying to understand all of the policy decisions being made by both the Trump administration and the Oregon State Legislature is like waiting for the impact of a car crash. It’s that moment when time stands still and you know you’re about to have a bad accident; you’re just not sure what the actual impact…
Culture
Irvine Welsh: ‘T2 Trainspotting’ is ‘a European Godfather’
Irvine Welsh, the best-selling Scottish author of “Trainspotting,” points to the autumn of 2013, when he wrote “He Ain’t Lager.” The short story was penned exclusively for the International Network of Street Papers, which includes Street Roots. It is about one of his most memorable characters, Trainspotting’s unpredictable violent psychopath Francis Begbie. It was crucial…
News
Irvine Welsh: ‘T2 Trainspotting’ is ‘a European Godfather’
Irvine Welsh, the best-selling Scottish author of “Trainspotting,” points to the autumn of 2013, when he wrote “He Ain’t Lager.” The short story was penned exclusively for the International Network of Street Papers, which includes Street Roots. It is about one of his most memorable characters, Trainspotting’s unpredictable violent psychopath Francis Begbie. It was crucial…
Keeping tabs: Sexual harassment in the service industry
Fifteen women have recently come forward with allegations that a powerful figure in the West Coast cocktail scene assaulted them. The women, some from Portland, are sounding the alarm through a blog, “The Reality of Sexual Assault in the Cocktail Community,” with graphic and often difficult-to-read entries about their personal experiences. Their homepage states: “We…
